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Eating Disorders: a Bond between Medicine, Culture and Psychoanalysis

  • In this article we intend to discuss eating disorders, principally anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. We initiate this discussion from a medical point of view and then proceed to psychoanalytic theory in an attempt to shed light upon the cultural aspects that influence these disorders. Special emphasis has been given to certain Brazilian cultural patterns that permeate the manifestation and treatment of this condition in our tropical country. We have centralized our discussion around three questions: Can eating disorders be considered as post-modern disorders? Do contemporary factors have a determinant role in the onset of this disorder? How can psychoanalysis contribute toward a better comprehension of these disorders?

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Author:M. B. Lemos Morais
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 11 (No. 2, June 2002), pp. 135-140.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2002
Release Date:2012/12/13
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
IdNo:Lemos_Morais_M_B_2002
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